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they never ask the state attorneys general or ask the u.s. attorneys general, or the epa or the food and drug administration. how many investigators do you have for all the ripping off the medicare and medicaid by the health industry? how many do you have in the anti-trust division to stop price fixing or other collusive behavior #* -- behavior? last i heard in the justice department, there's over a hundred lawyers. corporate pollution violating laws, corporate crime, silent form of deadly violence. one of the solutions here is not just more disclosure, automatically disclose this information by corporations, not just more subpoena power by regulatory agencies, but more end forcement. the way the corporations get off the hook is they did to congress, and they make sure that the law enforcement budgets are trivial so there are fewer federal cops on the corporate crime, fraud, and abuse beat. create national chapterrers for national corporations. that one was proposed over a hundred years ago by president roosevelt and president william howard
they never ask the state attorneys general or ask the u.s. attorneys general, or the epa or the food and drug administration. how many investigators do you have for all the ripping off the medicare and medicaid by the health industry? how many do you have in the anti-trust division to stop price fixing or other collusive behavior #* -- behavior? last i heard in the justice department, there's over a hundred lawyers. corporate pollution violating laws, corporate crime, silent form of deadly...
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sees no evidence that u.s. air strikes, u.s. drone strikes have led to an increase in the number of operatives within al-qaeda. i think that's either incredibly naive or deliberately misleading. one of the potential reasons for that, maybe the u.s -- u.s. policymakers in yemen just don't get out and don't interact with a lot of the yemen people. there's real security concerns we all know the situation in benghazi. i was in yemen a couple weeks ago, visiting the u.s. embassy, very, very difficult to get in, and once you're in, you don't get out. when i first started going to yemen a decade ago, you had u.s. diplomats based all throughout the city. they would travel throughout the country. now the situation is that u.s. diplomats all live in essentially in a little green zone so you have them staying at the sheriton hotel above the embassy in the secure corridor and working at the embassy and going back to the hotel and back and forth. when you don't get out into the capital city, it's difficult to ascertain what's going on there
sees no evidence that u.s. air strikes, u.s. drone strikes have led to an increase in the number of operatives within al-qaeda. i think that's either incredibly naive or deliberately misleading. one of the potential reasons for that, maybe the u.s -- u.s. policymakers in yemen just don't get out and don't interact with a lot of the yemen people. there's real security concerns we all know the situation in benghazi. i was in yemen a couple weeks ago, visiting the u.s. embassy, very, very...
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it has its reflection in the u.s. constitution. the article on the closet talks about how states will be made in the constitution, is merely a result of the conflict that we had with new hampshire and vermont. how is vermont going to be a separate state? so we had have that influence on the constitution making of that country. the cover image is a detail. if you look at the whole of it, it has everything about vermont that we need to know. it has an industry going there. it has a church and a meeting house. it has a microcosmic view of what the state is about. the mountains have not only been a geographic figure, but it is an agricultural state. everything that is going on in the state, it is somehow captured. it became the perfect image for we are trying to accomplish in the book by showing the variety. not this one thing, the connectedness to the east and the west end an important part of the development that goes on. it might surprise people about vermont in this one marvelous painting. >> in 1927, a flood caused much damage to
it has its reflection in the u.s. constitution. the article on the closet talks about how states will be made in the constitution, is merely a result of the conflict that we had with new hampshire and vermont. how is vermont going to be a separate state? so we had have that influence on the constitution making of that country. the cover image is a detail. if you look at the whole of it, it has everything about vermont that we need to know. it has an industry going there. it has a church and a...
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the a u.s. and africa and of individual governments who are trying to go wind and assist the transitional governments in doing that specific capacity building in the ministries and then a mocks the police, intelligence and the military mon-khmer forces. >> i think you have given us a question that occupy s. the role of all four of those critical actors and the process, perhaps we can convince corespondent, all without doing an injustice to the issues which are really very importance in determining success or failure. >> this will take a piece of that. to look at the response from the international community in the area of police training. entries / four to invite small numbers of police from countries to come to their country. in libya, for example, there are five or six different countries that now hosting police for training or that are providing training, something like that, without any overall coordination is a situation where at the end of the day you get police officers coming back for tr
the a u.s. and africa and of individual governments who are trying to go wind and assist the transitional governments in doing that specific capacity building in the ministries and then a mocks the police, intelligence and the military mon-khmer forces. >> i think you have given us a question that occupy s. the role of all four of those critical actors and the process, perhaps we can convince corespondent, all without doing an injustice to the issues which are really very importance in...
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paul foldi from 1992 may 2003, a u.s. diplomat in the department of state working for u.s. mission in pakistan and nicaragua in various offices in the department. final position was the congressional liaison for john negroponte and immediately prior to that served as state to fellow with joe biden's foreign relations committee. abortion doesn't rejoined richard lugar staff of the senate foreign relations committee preservice professional staff member of the committee's expert on u.s. public diplomacy. last but not least, p.j. crowley served as assistant secretary for public heirs and 2009 undersecretary spokesman of the department of state until march 2011. currently a fellow at the communication here at gw. during the clinton administration as special assistant to the president of the united states for national security affairs on the staff of national security council and served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. 26 years in the air force retiring a rank of colonel in september 1999. okay, i want to get us started by going back four years and the
paul foldi from 1992 may 2003, a u.s. diplomat in the department of state working for u.s. mission in pakistan and nicaragua in various offices in the department. final position was the congressional liaison for john negroponte and immediately prior to that served as state to fellow with joe biden's foreign relations committee. abortion doesn't rejoined richard lugar staff of the senate foreign relations committee preservice professional staff member of the committee's expert on u.s. public...
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other men would follow. 18 americans in all joined the 60th rifle and some 17 months later the u.s. army itself would finally enter the fray. the five young men went first and in wartime timing truly is everything. before going to sleep that night, this is why talked with him seventy years later, he wrote in the diary, 65 years later in the small rooms where he lived alone at the new hampshire retirement village, he showed me the entry. it seemed to have surprised him. fear was not a viable thought or emotion during those days. he mused, cox, he had written in 1941, had started me thinking, he wants me to go with him. the idea is very attractive. it is clean, no waiting, exciting. but i am dubious of the challenge of coming back. well, i knew a good quote when i heard one even though it gave me the slivers he neatly foreseen the situation. so i asked charles to put me in touch with the dissenters and relatives of the other four men that went. he did. they produced amazing piles of journals, letters, reminiscences, the sister of charles was still alive. i was able to interview her. i
other men would follow. 18 americans in all joined the 60th rifle and some 17 months later the u.s. army itself would finally enter the fray. the five young men went first and in wartime timing truly is everything. before going to sleep that night, this is why talked with him seventy years later, he wrote in the diary, 65 years later in the small rooms where he lived alone at the new hampshire retirement village, he showed me the entry. it seemed to have surprised him. fear was not a viable...
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the u.s. has become the highest tax rate country among all the developed countries in the world. so canada just lowered their rate from 16.5% to 15%. our rate is 39.2% when you combine the state and federal burden. federal burden 35%. state burden closer to 5%, 6%. so right now, the average among all the developed countries in the world is 25%, and the u.s. rate again stands at 39.2% when you combine state and federal. a similar trend is played out with respect to international tax rules because our trading partners including japan and britain have moved to a more competitive territorial like tax regime over the last ten years which encourages the movement of investment capital jobs overseas. so there is a simple point here which is by standing still the united states is falling behind and the resulting drag on american competitiveness and job creation is real and it's substantial. the solution is tax reform that broadens the tax base by scaling back tax preferences and cutting the corporate r
the u.s. has become the highest tax rate country among all the developed countries in the world. so canada just lowered their rate from 16.5% to 15%. our rate is 39.2% when you combine the state and federal burden. federal burden 35%. state burden closer to 5%, 6%. so right now, the average among all the developed countries in the world is 25%, and the u.s. rate again stands at 39.2% when you combine state and federal. a similar trend is played out with respect to international tax rules...
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given what i project to be our coalition in u.s. support in the summer of 2013, i am confident in the ability of the afghan national security forces to secure those five geographical areas. they will still need in some cases our combat operations to take place. they will need is to provide enabling support, and we will still be doing the advice and assistance mission as we transition enlargement advice as his mission in 2013. the next major event is the elections of 2014. and begin to look at the afghan capability combined with what i believe to be resources that will provide, and look at where the taliban is at this particular time and where they'll be in 2014, i project the afghans will be able to provide security at the time as well. i think in addition to look at the level of violence, where it's occurring outside the populated areas it's also important to note the taliban has had significant leadership losses over the last two years. the average age of a taliban leader that is probably 10 years younger than it was when the war
given what i project to be our coalition in u.s. support in the summer of 2013, i am confident in the ability of the afghan national security forces to secure those five geographical areas. they will still need in some cases our combat operations to take place. they will need is to provide enabling support, and we will still be doing the advice and assistance mission as we transition enlargement advice as his mission in 2013. the next major event is the elections of 2014. and begin to look at...
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what u.s. reporters doing? i was speaking to a person who basically started one of latin america's first online news outlets, a fabulous online news outlet. he was saying is almost as if david copperfield were at the border when these suv is packed with methamphetamines and other drugs and narcotics were funneled into the united states, as if they magically vanish when they hit the united states. who is doing reporting on the criminal distribution networks in united states, atlanta, dallas, los angeles -- who is doing that reporting here? so much attention is focused on what is happening in mexico, we are lamenting the strengths or weaknesses of reporting in mexico. the mexican reporters, especially the regional ones, were hardest hit. it is the once in these regional outlets like tijuana. they want to know who was telling the other side of the story and who is doing the money reporting, all these narco dollars. who is doing the story about money laundering? i do not know if i answered your question, but that i
what u.s. reporters doing? i was speaking to a person who basically started one of latin america's first online news outlets, a fabulous online news outlet. he was saying is almost as if david copperfield were at the border when these suv is packed with methamphetamines and other drugs and narcotics were funneled into the united states, as if they magically vanish when they hit the united states. who is doing reporting on the criminal distribution networks in united states, atlanta, dallas, los...
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other men would follow, 18 americans in all joined, and some 17 months later, the u.s. army itself would finally enter the fray. these five young men went first and in war, timing is truly everything. before going to sleep that night, this is when i talked to him seven years later, charles mclean, as in his habit, wrote in his diary. see five years later in the book line rooms where he lived alone, he showed me the entry. seemed to have surprised him. it was not a viable thought or emotion during those days. cox had started me thinking. he wants me to go with him. the idea is very attractive. it is exciting. but i am dubious of the chance of coming back. well, i knew a good quote when i heard one, even though it kind of gave me the shivers. even though he foresaw the situation. so i asked him to put me in touch with the descendents and relatives of the others. and he did so. and they produced an amazing pile of journals and letters and reminiscences, and it became clearer and clearer that this was a story that really needed to be told. i thought at the time it wouldn't
other men would follow, 18 americans in all joined, and some 17 months later, the u.s. army itself would finally enter the fray. these five young men went first and in war, timing is truly everything. before going to sleep that night, this is when i talked to him seven years later, charles mclean, as in his habit, wrote in his diary. see five years later in the book line rooms where he lived alone, he showed me the entry. seemed to have surprised him. it was not a viable thought or emotion...
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i had a chance to spend time with u.s. forces, afghanistan, and the leadership overseeing that, and then on the visit before this last visit, i had a chance to visit what they call sort lots where all equipment is staged and brought out, and i think that it is being done now, most importantly, integral part of the campaign. it's not just about getting equipment out or moving it across the ground lines of communication. it's about doing our retrograde and redeployment consistent with the campaign objectives, and my perspective is it's well-understood is isaf and u.s. forces and afghanistan and well ahead of where they need to be in terms of meeting their objectives. >> you're the nato commander. have you had any -- i know you've been on the ground in afghanistan. have you had any contact with other nato commanders and leadership in nato and preparations? >> senator, i have. i was able to accompany secretary panetta to the recent defense min steer yal for a couple days, sat in the bilateral discussions with the nato partners
i had a chance to spend time with u.s. forces, afghanistan, and the leadership overseeing that, and then on the visit before this last visit, i had a chance to visit what they call sort lots where all equipment is staged and brought out, and i think that it is being done now, most importantly, integral part of the campaign. it's not just about getting equipment out or moving it across the ground lines of communication. it's about doing our retrograde and redeployment consistent with the...
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if the u.s. state agency see pakistani or yemen were afghan citizens they are not operating to protect or suppress the crime of those countries directing in the u.s. interest so they can't claim to be acting in the interest of the afghan herger when they see a man the bundled him off and put him nsl for days and days and days so they are more limited, they have less justification for doing what they are doing. they have more liberty of operating working with domestic citizens. >> professor skerker, waterboarding became a big issue a couple years ago in iraq and afghanistan war is waterboarding in morrill? >> i believe this. it's been used against someone who isn't being violent. further the assumption is that this fiscal discomfort like somebody speak the truth there is no correlation to and causing pain or discomfort or making somebody speak the truth is there for it is disproportionate and disconnected you are hurting somebody in the hope they reveal to you the truth and morality is any time yo
if the u.s. state agency see pakistani or yemen were afghan citizens they are not operating to protect or suppress the crime of those countries directing in the u.s. interest so they can't claim to be acting in the interest of the afghan herger when they see a man the bundled him off and put him nsl for days and days and days so they are more limited, they have less justification for doing what they are doing. they have more liberty of operating working with domestic citizens. >>...
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if u.s. state agents see, say, and pakistan the are you many or afghans citizen, they are not operating to protect or suppress crime in those countries, they're acting in u.s. interest, so they cannot claim to be acting in the interest of the afghan go her when they see him come bundled him off, and put him in a cell for days and days. so they are actually more limited. they have less justification for doing what they're doing, more levity of operating when they're working with domestic citizens. >> professor, water boarding became a big issue a couple of years ago and the worse. is water boarding immoral? >> i believe it is. it is a course of technique that , it's the type of violence that is being used against someone who's not been violent. further, the assumption is that somehow this physical discomfort will make somebody speak the truth. there is no direct correlation between causing pain or discomfort in making someone speak the truth. so therefore is disproportionate. it is disconnecte
if u.s. state agents see, say, and pakistan the are you many or afghans citizen, they are not operating to protect or suppress crime in those countries, they're acting in u.s. interest, so they cannot claim to be acting in the interest of the afghan go her when they see him come bundled him off, and put him in a cell for days and days. so they are actually more limited. they have less justification for doing what they're doing, more levity of operating when they're working with domestic...
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fueled by papers and bloggers, some u.s. media outlets note jarret was born in iran to american parents and family moved back about the time she started elementary school. one white house official privately called the report laughable and the state department spokeswoman addressed the question on the record. >> there are no secret talks. y she is a close friend -- she is a close friend from chicago. this is the second time she has been accused of involvement in foreign policy. author richard minator if book "leading from behind" accused him of guiding obama. but they are accusing them of foreign maneuvering. with comments to dmitry medvedev that he would have more flexibility on the european missile defense after the election. administration is denying report of post election u.s. talks and said the talks with the-up security council won't resume until iran satisfied the inspection demand of the international atomic energy agency. bret? >> bret: wendell goler at the state department. thank you. the retweeted image in history
fueled by papers and bloggers, some u.s. media outlets note jarret was born in iran to american parents and family moved back about the time she started elementary school. one white house official privately called the report laughable and the state department spokeswoman addressed the question on the record. >> there are no secret talks. y she is a close friend -- she is a close friend from chicago. this is the second time she has been accused of involvement in foreign policy. author...
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university's serious we visit campuses across the country talking to professors or authors we're at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis merrill lynch. with professor aaron o'connell also the author of this book "underdogs" the making of the modern marine corps." professor when was the marine corps established? >> 1775 but the birthday is us mess. the record always claims november but that is the date that congress authorized but they never raised the battalion raised then. >> day never were. but the first goes then 28 november but 10 november still celebrated as a birthday. >>host: what was the purpose of the marine corps? >> to be the guard on a ship to protect the officers from the crew it was difficult to salish up they had to have people there so the principal job was to be the ship's guard and served and snipers but it is a very small part of the navy. >> this -- record is complete the service? >> separate inside the navy but they would claim when they served aboard they should follow the rules amadeus served ashore to follow the regulations of the army and in 1832 they are a separate
university's serious we visit campuses across the country talking to professors or authors we're at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis merrill lynch. with professor aaron o'connell also the author of this book "underdogs" the making of the modern marine corps." professor when was the marine corps established? >> 1775 but the birthday is us mess. the record always claims november but that is the date that congress authorized but they never raised the battalion raised then....
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as i read the amendment, it says that the military detention of u.s. citizens may be authorized in accordance with the law of war as long as this action is expressly authorized by congress. further, the amendment's requirement for express authorization applies only to the detention of u.s. citizens who are captured inside the united states, so no such authorization would be required for detention of a u.s. citizen in the course of military operations overseas. i believe it is appropriate that congress focus on the issue of military detention at the time that they authorize the use of military force. as would be required by the feinstein amendment. as the supreme court has stated, detention is a fundamental and accepted incident to armed conflict. without such authority, our armed services could be put in the untenable position of being able to shoot to kill but not to capture and detain enemy forces. as to the ongoing conflict, i believe that the 2001 authorization for the use of military force authorized the detention of u.s. citizens when appropriate
as i read the amendment, it says that the military detention of u.s. citizens may be authorized in accordance with the law of war as long as this action is expressly authorized by congress. further, the amendment's requirement for express authorization applies only to the detention of u.s. citizens who are captured inside the united states, so no such authorization would be required for detention of a u.s. citizen in the course of military operations overseas. i believe it is appropriate that...
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in the u.s., on show which reduces spending. so the president's position has been clear. these are solvable problems. we have it within our capacity. it's a matter of political will. >> let's talk about the process to put in context. how much revenue is the president went to pick up over the next 10 years? foti lake is a solution in the lame-duck session? how much revenue as he trained to pick up? >> what i would point people to is the presidents budget. the president's budget is $1.5 trillion of additional revenue over the ten-year budget window can also step back and see the goal of the presidents budget. but the u.s. unsustainable fiscal path and put us in a position weren't that is not rising relative to size of the economy as well as support in the short run to make port investments we need to make so we remain the most competitive nation on earth. >> right now the president talks about marginal rates going up for the upper 2% and people who make 250 or above for the upper 2%. the tape and m
in the u.s., on show which reduces spending. so the president's position has been clear. these are solvable problems. we have it within our capacity. it's a matter of political will. >> let's talk about the process to put in context. how much revenue is the president went to pick up over the next 10 years? foti lake is a solution in the lame-duck session? how much revenue as he trained to pick up? >> what i would point people to is the presidents budget. the president's budget is...
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that achievement would jeopardize u.s. national security interests, would pose an existential threat to the state of israel and would result in a regional nuclear arms race that would further destabilize the region. the news out of iran is dire. just this week, the director of the international atomic energy administration told the press that iran has not slowed its enrichment activities. the international atomic energy administration also suspects that iran has conducted live tests of conventional explosives that could be used to detonate a nuclear weapon at the military base, the facility the iranians have denied access to by the international atomic energy administration. between may and august of this year, iran doubled the number of centrifuges at its fortified facility buried deep inside a mountain to protect it against strikes. iran now has over 2,140 centrifuges for enriching uranium, and it continues to enrich to 20%. iran claims it needs this higher grade uranium for its peaceful nuclear program, but a country wi
that achievement would jeopardize u.s. national security interests, would pose an existential threat to the state of israel and would result in a regional nuclear arms race that would further destabilize the region. the news out of iran is dire. just this week, the director of the international atomic energy administration told the press that iran has not slowed its enrichment activities. the international atomic energy administration also suspects that iran has conducted live tests of...
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the u.s. thinks it's killing an al qaeda member and maybe it is. but he's been a killed on the ground and yemenis seen being killed is in fact the tribesman. this is a challenge that the u.s. obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president obama asked his staff to imagine what would happen if al qaeda had been successful and i think that's a very good exercise. and if today al qaeda were able to carry out an attack, even a fairly small one not on the scale of september 11th, but on the scale of christmas day 2009, with the u.s. respond? many people, put myself into a large-scale renovation of yemen would be mistaken that the u.s. has been bombing them and for the past three years and it really doesn't seem to have had the impact of the u.s
the u.s. thinks it's killing an al qaeda member and maybe it is. but he's been a killed on the ground and yemenis seen being killed is in fact the tribesman. this is a challenge that the u.s. obama administration not released all and i would argue that the drones in the airstrikes have not actually solve the problem and they've actually exacerbated the problem the great deal. so not to go on too long, but just let me close with this last scenario. after the christmas day attack 2009, president...
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the u.s. squarely in the center of the world. the eurasian continent was split into, as parentheses to the u.s. in order to accommodate this you. i believe i have struggled against this distortion of the u.s. is both literal and symbolic place in the world all my life. we are close in age. so i wonder if you encounter the same perpetual distortion and subsequent challenge? you have 30 seconds. >> absolutely something i write about in don't know much about geography. specifically, most of us grew up with a certain, what is called, projection of the world. greenland looks like it is big, if up in africa. so, as things get turned around and given proportionally, i also included in that book of maps that just turns north and south america upside-down. what would happen if we looked at -- there's no reason we can look at it that way. north doesn't have to be a top. we could put south of the top who wanted to. >> host: we will have to leave it there. i apologize. out of time. kenneth davis has been our guest here on "in-depth". . . >>
the u.s. squarely in the center of the world. the eurasian continent was split into, as parentheses to the u.s. in order to accommodate this you. i believe i have struggled against this distortion of the u.s. is both literal and symbolic place in the world all my life. we are close in age. so i wonder if you encounter the same perpetual distortion and subsequent challenge? you have 30 seconds. >> absolutely something i write about in don't know much about geography. specifically, most of...
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but does that matter for u.s. national security? that subject after the nba. >> okay. >> i'm interested in the art form of collaborative authorship. i wonder if you and your coauthor could say a little bit about how together you have planned and executed this book? >> that is an art form. you know, we were reporting about a month behind real time. and paula would release this firehose of information on me. and i was basically -- it turned out to be his year in command. it also turned out to be his last man. so we had the blessing of a natural tory, which we did rest of and so following that, you know, i would basically brought out the chapters and then it became sort of a matter of passing things back and forth, where i would produce a rough draft and she would refine it and add information that i didn't have or have not seen. in the process would go back and forth until the final draft emerge. and then it became a more collaborative when the editors at penguin got involved. the whole book was produced quite fast. it was published o
but does that matter for u.s. national security? that subject after the nba. >> okay. >> i'm interested in the art form of collaborative authorship. i wonder if you and your coauthor could say a little bit about how together you have planned and executed this book? >> that is an art form. you know, we were reporting about a month behind real time. and paula would release this firehose of information on me. and i was basically -- it turned out to be his year in command. it also...
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americans are like the u.s. mail , not rain, snow, gloom of night can prevent these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. and i would like to begin with an anecdote about christopher. i put it in a novel. and put it in on the basis of one thing he said, sort of incorporating him into the novel because i could not bear to leave this out. the basis, having dinner its only big enough for one person. about to get going. 1975. two young man came into the restaurant and suits with long hair. they were sort of up to the upper classes basically. they began to talk, whisper among some cells and asking the waiter questions. have a big party come to the restaurant.. it went on and on. we could not get -- such a distraction. and demand did not work for a living but patiently awaited the debt of elderly relatives. then one of them came up to us. pretty clear when he was going to do, ask us to move tables. he came up and crashed. after a flagitious pause he looked up, putting it through his french. he
americans are like the u.s. mail , not rain, snow, gloom of night can prevent these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. and i would like to begin with an anecdote about christopher. i put it in a novel. and put it in on the basis of one thing he said, sort of incorporating him into the novel because i could not bear to leave this out. the basis, having dinner its only big enough for one person. about to get going. 1975. two young man came into the restaurant and suits...
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i ended the u.s. i feel is that this story is particularly needed in the united states. i don't believe that people in pakistan or china need to hear this because they see it. even pakistan has really struggled here there's so much potential. i think its next global opportunity. if i connect resources i would tell people that they could to reap the dividends before shared with other people. but it's just really exciting. so it's really people in this country and it is for anybody who believes this possibility in the future, but wonder why it's not namer quickly. >> host: wire china, india, pakistan and why are they way they are economically if they are on the cusp? what is coin-operated most countries that is right in the united states? >> guest: pakistan does not momentum severity different category. >> host: take brazil. >> guest: the things that constrains growth in the simple, which i do, we go to places like the world bank and if i'm invited to share my house with folks who work on policy issues that are under same thing the united states government. i can boil down
i ended the u.s. i feel is that this story is particularly needed in the united states. i don't believe that people in pakistan or china need to hear this because they see it. even pakistan has really struggled here there's so much potential. i think its next global opportunity. if i connect resources i would tell people that they could to reap the dividends before shared with other people. but it's just really exciting. so it's really people in this country and it is for anybody who believes...
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this surrounds the whole question of more u.s. and western intervention in terms of military intervention. establishing no-fly zones, a safe haven, similar to what happened in libya. the short answer is that libya and syria are apples and oranges. sirways a much, much harder nut to crack. syria's defense system was developed to counter israel. that's a sophisticated air force. libways not at all like that -- libya is not at all like that. it's very, very slippery slope. once you want to establish a no-fly zone -- establish a safe haven, you have to establish a no-fly zone and then the safe haven has to protect against are till rare fire? how do you do senate -- do that? a it's a slippery slope. i i was on washington journal a month ago and i was asked this question, and if we go in, or if we militarily either more aggressive support in terms of the military aid or boots on the ground, air toast support, what's hezbollah going to do sunset what's iran going to do? what's russia going to do? this is quite volatile and i don't think
this surrounds the whole question of more u.s. and western intervention in terms of military intervention. establishing no-fly zones, a safe haven, similar to what happened in libya. the short answer is that libya and syria are apples and oranges. sirways a much, much harder nut to crack. syria's defense system was developed to counter israel. that's a sophisticated air force. libways not at all like that -- libya is not at all like that. it's very, very slippery slope. once you want to...
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it will meander over the southeast u.s. -- nothing to really push it out. it will meander over the sou thewast u.s. by thanksgiving, it will be far enough off shore. not an issue in our forecast. that is the game plan now. we will see what happens. in the 50's wll week long. -- all week long. this is not a bad forecast. >> we are getting about a whole big ten situation. a possibility of maryland moving into the big tent. the latest on that and the terps on the field today. >> big money tonight. get ready. this is powerball. an estimate $219.2 million. good luck. here are the numbers -- 15, 59, 27, 58, 3. the winning powerball number -- 20. >> this is 11 sports. >> rumor for more than two years may finally become a reality. several news outlets report the university of maryland is in negotiations along with rutgers to join the big 10. a charter member of the acc, airline would have to pay $50,000,000.50. university trustees could vote early this week on whether or not to leave. the best reason to move -- more money. us reasons to stay, tradition and geograph
it will meander over the southeast u.s. -- nothing to really push it out. it will meander over the sou thewast u.s. by thanksgiving, it will be far enough off shore. not an issue in our forecast. that is the game plan now. we will see what happens. in the 50's wll week long. -- all week long. this is not a bad forecast. >> we are getting about a whole big ten situation. a possibility of maryland moving into the big tent. the latest on that and the terps on the field today. >> big...
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and u.s. printers do a great job, probably the best in the world, but they are that much more expensive. in japan there's a printing house which is very, very successful, very well known, and very competitive in pricing, and they've done all of the day in the life books. major color coffee table books, and they do very well with black and white. so my book agent, carol, knows the people there. they have a great reputation, and she worked out a deal, a very competitive deal for us, because we did this literally on a shoe string budget. so that's why we went to japan to get it done. >> were you worried about having an american presidential campaign printed by the japanese? >> no, not at all. i just wanted the book to come out. and so that wasn't an issue. but it's an interesting point you raise. >> here is the dedication, and who did you dedicate this book to? >> to my wife, who is instrumental in all the things that i do, and lived through this process with me and deserves a lot of credit for t
and u.s. printers do a great job, probably the best in the world, but they are that much more expensive. in japan there's a printing house which is very, very successful, very well known, and very competitive in pricing, and they've done all of the day in the life books. major color coffee table books, and they do very well with black and white. so my book agent, carol, knows the people there. they have a great reputation, and she worked out a deal, a very competitive deal for us, because we...
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young people, become inspired to pursue a mission as a highly military and military assets for the u.s. navy. >> that's a great question. part of it was, and i write about this in the book, there was one moment when i was in bosnia and i was actually in a shelter in a refugee camp. and i was with one man whose own family had suffered tremendously. i remember he said to me that i appreciate the fact that you are here. do not get me wrong. i appreciate the fact that there is a shelter here for my family and my kids can go to kindergarten and i am glad there is food here, but if people really cared about us, they would be willing to protect us. i have no idea what to say to him at the time. but i remember reflecting on that later and realizing that what he said was true. but if there is anything in our lives that we really do love and care about, that we are willing to respond with care and compassion. it is also the case that the things that we care about and love, we are also willing to act with courage and protect people and love them in that way. so i started to think about what it me
young people, become inspired to pursue a mission as a highly military and military assets for the u.s. navy. >> that's a great question. part of it was, and i write about this in the book, there was one moment when i was in bosnia and i was actually in a shelter in a refugee camp. and i was with one man whose own family had suffered tremendously. i remember he said to me that i appreciate the fact that you are here. do not get me wrong. i appreciate the fact that there is a shelter here...
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the u.s. merchants. meanwhile, britain's traditional goal of population limitation, because usually the british thought on their small biothat they had too many people but the royal navy needed every hand he they could find on deck. the british practice supporting american ships to round up back the bond british seamen provoked enormous controversy. those efforts could at times sweep americans into british nets. in the midst of moral and political confusion both americans and the british made scattershot efforts to remain the better claim to virtue. the rising crisis in the early years of the 1800's compounded every element of the promise and the problems of population in the united states. americans faced an a special importance of intellectual academic adversary in the form of the british theorist thomas -- he was an author of a book you probably heard of, an essay on the principles of population. you may not know the subtitle. it was an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future remov
the u.s. merchants. meanwhile, britain's traditional goal of population limitation, because usually the british thought on their small biothat they had too many people but the royal navy needed every hand he they could find on deck. the british practice supporting american ships to round up back the bond british seamen provoked enormous controversy. those efforts could at times sweep americans into british nets. in the midst of moral and political confusion both americans and the british made...
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>> the u.s. defense agency has said information and intelligence are the fire and maneuver of the 21st century. those of you who are familiar with more fighting back since with pakistan, iraq and afghanistan know how important this has become but though one raid did iraq where operator seized the computer equivalent of the rolodex negative a rolodex that tracked 500 al qaeda suicide bombers or terrace filtered into iraq through syria. but the database of 500 individuals that were recruited to blow themselves up was critical with the effort to take al qaeda at it is in mesopotamia apart inside iraq. >> the mother lode of documents seized that has been known as the sinjar parade illustrates the point* nicely made by lt. general lewis, or flynn six years after a 9/11 attacks that intelligence committees representing a wide variety of agencies, but notorious and secret, had been collaborating on the unprecedented capability to crush the terrorist networks. addition to the special ops they used superc
>> the u.s. defense agency has said information and intelligence are the fire and maneuver of the 21st century. those of you who are familiar with more fighting back since with pakistan, iraq and afghanistan know how important this has become but though one raid did iraq where operator seized the computer equivalent of the rolodex negative a rolodex that tracked 500 al qaeda suicide bombers or terrace filtered into iraq through syria. but the database of 500 individuals that were...
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in the six years after the 9/11 attacks, the u.s. military and intelligence communities representing a wide variety of agencies, large and small, those notorious and those secret, had been collaborating on an unprecedented capability for crushing terrorist networks. in addition to the skills of the talented special operators, the effort used super computers and custom software, forward deployment of skilled analysts, the ability to turn just about every kind of intel into searchable data whether tips or documents from old-fashioned human spy networks, transcripts of detainees in interrogations, logs of electronic surveillance, monitoring, communications between cell phones and computers, or the images and readings gathered by drones hovering high and silent for days, weeks, months, and even years. with an enormous data base consistenting of these fragments, few related, computers find links that previously would have been hidden. a bank account shared by an official in an al-qaeda recruit. a street address visited by two known suicid
in the six years after the 9/11 attacks, the u.s. military and intelligence communities representing a wide variety of agencies, large and small, those notorious and those secret, had been collaborating on an unprecedented capability for crushing terrorist networks. in addition to the skills of the talented special operators, the effort used super computers and custom software, forward deployment of skilled analysts, the ability to turn just about every kind of intel into searchable data...
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you can imagine the u.s. government works closely with companies like apple, microsoft, oracle, primarily because everybody uses the technology, they do, we fix it, so we have a very robust system of patching. we have are robust system, and you will have to get through more than one player to get to our system, but it is something we worry about. we worry pretty dramatically. according to a recent study sysco came up with, the number of devices such as your smartphones and ipads, they are going to literally exceed 25 billion by 2015. i am not sure a lot of infrastructure is going to exceed that, but those devices will. that has huge implications for the entire united states. not only how we work, where we work. folks worry about somebody wanting to alter or disrupt the availability of our system, the integrity of our system, or the data. the deal and i have 16 organizations, and they share across a computer -- the dni have 16 organizations, and they share across a computer. anyone can look for a hole in it. w
you can imagine the u.s. government works closely with companies like apple, microsoft, oracle, primarily because everybody uses the technology, they do, we fix it, so we have a very robust system of patching. we have are robust system, and you will have to get through more than one player to get to our system, but it is something we worry about. we worry pretty dramatically. according to a recent study sysco came up with, the number of devices such as your smartphones and ipads, they are going...
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i am proud to have u.s. chamber of commerce and the national federation of independent businesses committees are progrowth, pro-economic agencies that are really america's job creators. they understand the affordable care act cuts medicare for our seniors. the kinds of support that i have had has been consistent with my principles. i will say that the advertisements that ann marie buerkle has one, and i would like to ask ursala rozum. rozum: i don't believe that corporations are people. this is really upset the situation. all voters have been outraged by influencing our local election. they might be made up of individuals, but all of those people can donate themselves to the political campaign. we really need, in addition to campaigning finances. we need electoral reform. wimax won't you be emboldened to bold and to all of these facts when you're elected? mr. dan maffei. buerkle:. maffei: i will not be. i will be beholden to the voters of this district. i was in office for two years, and there are all sorts
i am proud to have u.s. chamber of commerce and the national federation of independent businesses committees are progrowth, pro-economic agencies that are really america's job creators. they understand the affordable care act cuts medicare for our seniors. the kinds of support that i have had has been consistent with my principles. i will say that the advertisements that ann marie buerkle has one, and i would like to ask ursala rozum. rozum: i don't believe that corporations are people. this is...
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so the u.s. needs to start holding saudi arabia to some measure of transparency because it is that sort of constant raising the ante that is going to appear no matter how much money we put into education and to what we've worked very hard on and others to. so i think -- i hope this will be a part of the service that the administration can put on because for the security, stability and the development somebody mentioned a final thing i would say is in terms of the long term return for the u.s. money there isn't going to be that much money i don't know how much it's placed but what is delivered is going to be significant. i would put it on the education. i think the return for the small amount is pretty far more than the 15 or the one aircraft carrier. [applause] >> thanks for addressing not only the internal issues but taking us on a good tour of the region which included india but also afghanistan, and that takes us to the ambassador the role of afghanistan has been spoken of in the historical co
so the u.s. needs to start holding saudi arabia to some measure of transparency because it is that sort of constant raising the ante that is going to appear no matter how much money we put into education and to what we've worked very hard on and others to. so i think -- i hope this will be a part of the service that the administration can put on because for the security, stability and the development somebody mentioned a final thing i would say is in terms of the long term return for the u.s....
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military contractors who claim that u.s. forces detained and tortured them in two thousand and six after they blew the whistle on their employer for illegally running guns the two have since filed a lawsuit against former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld claiming that rumsfeld himself is the one who approved of the torture of the so-called harsh interrogation techniques used on prisoners however the seventh circuit court of appeals said that they don't have the right to sue rumsfeld or anyone else in the military chain of command for that matter now as shocking as it seems for our military to torture whistleblowers who have nothing to do with the forces we're fighting against sadly this story is not unique and u.s. forces abroad operate and knew from accountability every time we hear about rape murder torture or destruction of property it's always dismissed under the adage war is hell well that's not good enough take the case of don lemon a paramedic for the defense contractor kellogg brown and root a subsidiary of good
military contractors who claim that u.s. forces detained and tortured them in two thousand and six after they blew the whistle on their employer for illegally running guns the two have since filed a lawsuit against former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld claiming that rumsfeld himself is the one who approved of the torture of the so-called harsh interrogation techniques used on prisoners however the seventh circuit court of appeals said that they don't have the right to sue rumsfeld or...
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government hires when the u.s. government itself was the one approving torture and creating a legal framework for it people are hurt their lives are ruined forever and all they want is justice but they won't get it because what we're left with today is a culture of impunity where our president has declared that looking forward is more important than restoring the rule of law and holding the war criminals accountable centrally what obama has done is normalize this criminality. and all of the cases and with the government just passing the buck. this missing them is just a few bad apples but when the courts are throwing out lawsuits against the people that authorize torture and abuse what we're left with is a two tiered justice system who's left to decide who's to blame but yeah i'll just forget about it we've got four more years to just look forward. to news sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything tunes mission to teach m
government hires when the u.s. government itself was the one approving torture and creating a legal framework for it people are hurt their lives are ruined forever and all they want is justice but they won't get it because what we're left with today is a culture of impunity where our president has declared that looking forward is more important than restoring the rule of law and holding the war criminals accountable centrally what obama has done is normalize this criminality. and all of the...
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the u.s. senate about to coming. a couple more calls. a republican call her. >> caller: i would just like to know, not middle-class or how would i said? -- >> host: i will let you go to the senate is coming and momentary. nebraska is next. eagle, nebraska. paul on our democrat line. >> caller: i would just like to make a couple of comments. one is nobody seems to remember that when bush enacted those tax cuts for the rich, that the sale of luxury items went up 15%. immediately. so the rich did nothing with their tax cuts. >> host: thanks for your comments. we will not go there. things for all your comments aso well.mm we wihell take you live to the senate floor here at c-span2. rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable bernard sanders, a senator from the state of vermont, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the joarl. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 419 s. , a the defense department authorization bill. the
the u.s. senate about to coming. a couple more calls. a republican call her. >> caller: i would just like to know, not middle-class or how would i said? -- >> host: i will let you go to the senate is coming and momentary. nebraska is next. eagle, nebraska. paul on our democrat line. >> caller: i would just like to make a couple of comments. one is nobody seems to remember that when bush enacted those tax cuts for the rich, that the sale of luxury items went up 15%....
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you have all the time in the u.s., you have prisons that are on the verge of of riots, that are, you know, prisoners going on strike, refusing to work, they have to shut the whole prisons down, and people out here never hear of it because they say if it's reported in the media, it'll make the prisoners even more aggressive, even more bold. they'll say, okay, the world's paying attention, someone's watching, someone's seeing what we're doing, and it'll make 'em do it even more. so a lot of times you have prisons that are just erupting, and nobody out here even hears of it. >> do you have any sort of survivor's guilt in a way? because there are still guys on that death row that you left, certainly you didn't deserve to be there, but here you are out in the world. >> i don't know. um, maybe i was lucky. a lot of it was lori, my wife. um, she kept me sane, kept me moving forward. there were times when i felt like i couldn't get up and keep going, and she would make me, almost carry me motionally, psychologically. spiritually. when i just couldn't take another step, she would keep saying,
you have all the time in the u.s., you have prisons that are on the verge of of riots, that are, you know, prisoners going on strike, refusing to work, they have to shut the whole prisons down, and people out here never hear of it because they say if it's reported in the media, it'll make the prisoners even more aggressive, even more bold. they'll say, okay, the world's paying attention, someone's watching, someone's seeing what we're doing, and it'll make 'em do it even more. so a lot of times...
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army or the u.s. navy? >> great question. part of it, i right about this in the book. there was one moment i was in bosnia and in a shelter in a refugee camp and i was with one man whose own family had suffered tremendously. i was in the shoulder with him and he said to me i appreciate the fact that you are here. don't get me wrong. i appreciate that there is a shelter for my family and appreciate the fact my kids can go to kindergarten and there is food here but he said if people really cared about us they would be willing to protect us. i didn't know what to say to him at the time. i was only 20 years old but i remember reflecting on that later and realizing what he said was true. if there's anything in our life we really do love, really care about we are willing to respond with care and compassion. but the things we care about in our lives and the things we love we are also willing to act with courage, we are willing to protect people and willing to love them in that way. i started to think about what it meant to care about something and live a life with compassion
army or the u.s. navy? >> great question. part of it, i right about this in the book. there was one moment i was in bosnia and in a shelter in a refugee camp and i was with one man whose own family had suffered tremendously. i was in the shoulder with him and he said to me i appreciate the fact that you are here. don't get me wrong. i appreciate that there is a shelter for my family and appreciate the fact my kids can go to kindergarten and there is food here but he said if people really...
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off of the 4 u.s. ambassador susan rice meet with republican senators discussing the september attack on the consulate in benghazi, libya and she will talk with susan collins and senator bob corker. yesterday she sat down with senator mccain, gramm and ayat. senator mccain told reporters the information she gave the american people was incorrect, but a spontaneous demonstration triggered by hateful video. it was not and there was compelling evidence that the time that was certainly not the case. the house transportation and infrastructure committee is holding at hearing on amtrak's restructuring plans. the committee will hear from the inspector general and amtrak's president and representative from the united transportation union live at 10:00 eastern on our companion network c-span. [applause] >> last night secretary of state condoleezza rice and chancellor of the new york city public schools joel kline had a somewhat on education reform in washington examining america's education system and the impac
off of the 4 u.s. ambassador susan rice meet with republican senators discussing the september attack on the consulate in benghazi, libya and she will talk with susan collins and senator bob corker. yesterday she sat down with senator mccain, gramm and ayat. senator mccain told reporters the information she gave the american people was incorrect, but a spontaneous demonstration triggered by hateful video. it was not and there was compelling evidence that the time that was certainly not the...
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without the authority of the u.s. government, but he met with the aclu, with human rights watch, with amnesty international, so, yes, they want to promote global law, they're working with foreign governments. there's a total connection, so you're absolutely right. >> so i think like most of this room i agree with the general sentiment here that losing sovereignty for america to transnational entities is a very dangerous thing. so i'll ask a more theoretical question which is what's so great about the nation-state? it seems like some to have arguments you're advancing -- some of the arguments you're advancing could also be in favor of state sovereignty, against the nation-state or local sovereignty against the states or the nation-state. so what is it that's so special about the nation-state other than the fact that it's what we happen to have? >> yeah, that's a good question. and the founders, of course, that's where i go for my, that's what i start with. they were thinking of the ancient republics which were city-sta
without the authority of the u.s. government, but he met with the aclu, with human rights watch, with amnesty international, so, yes, they want to promote global law, they're working with foreign governments. there's a total connection, so you're absolutely right. >> so i think like most of this room i agree with the general sentiment here that losing sovereignty for america to transnational entities is a very dangerous thing. so i'll ask a more theoretical question which is what's so...
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u.s. ambassador to pakistan the ambassador to the united states and former adviser to hillary clinton. hosted by the world affairs council of america, this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> is a great pleasure to be here with such a great panel, three ambassadors and one globally renowned journalist and scholars. so i've been told there have been a lot of questions about pakistan and afghanistan so far and i think we have a first-rate panel to start dealing with them. what i'm going to do in terms of focusing the discussion is i'm going to key off with questions to each of our panelists, one each and allow for a little bit of follow up and then i will open the floor to use and you will have more time to engage with them. let me begin with ambassador munter. you already got his bio, but i think in some ways he is almost uniquely positioned to provide us a very recent perspective on what pakistan looks like in the united states to official american advisers and diplomats and also the u.s. pakista
u.s. ambassador to pakistan the ambassador to the united states and former adviser to hillary clinton. hosted by the world affairs council of america, this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> is a great pleasure to be here with such a great panel, three ambassadors and one globally renowned journalist and scholars. so i've been told there have been a lot of questions about pakistan and afghanistan so far and i think we have a first-rate panel to start dealing with them. what i'm going to do in...
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in the u.s. more than 93% of the soy crop and 88% of corn is genetically engineered. the dna altered to with stand chemical weed killers and in corn to repel insects, pesticide is engineered directly into the kernels. 61 countries have gmo labeling laws but the u.s. food and drug administration does not require disclosure of genetic engineering techniques calling gmo crops the substantial equivalent of conventional crops. >> this puts things in food that has never been there before. >> prop 37, it's deceptive and costly. >> reporter: the campaign funded primarily by biotech, chemical and food industry giants including hershey's which already does label its products overseas. >> the consumers will view that label as a warning when none should exist. the food is the same. it's safe, it's fine to eat. >> reporter: the no campaign claims the measure will cost california up to a million dollars to enforce, generate lawsuits, and increase family grocery bills by about $8 a week. >> that's why i oppose prop 37. >> reporter: the no campaign has raised $45 million far outspend
in the u.s. more than 93% of the soy crop and 88% of corn is genetically engineered. the dna altered to with stand chemical weed killers and in corn to repel insects, pesticide is engineered directly into the kernels. 61 countries have gmo labeling laws but the u.s. food and drug administration does not require disclosure of genetic engineering techniques calling gmo crops the substantial equivalent of conventional crops. >> this puts things in food that has never been there before....
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. >> the '64 civil rights act was a huge u.s. government intervention into the hard-core racial segregation. of 65, was the real game changer. >> the act banned literacy tests and other jim crow laws to keep blacks from the voting booth. these had been the airtight ways to keep the descendants of slaves from having clout at the voting box and with it, any place in politics. >> 70% to 80% of african-americans down to world war ii lived in the 11 states of the former confederacy. their voter participation rates were in the 4% or 5% range. there really is little to no black presence in the political system, between roughly the 1870s and the 1950s. >> after the civil war and the emancipation proclamation, there was a brief period of black political engagement. there was hundreds of blacks elected to office. some became members of congress. but whites soon retook power in the south. by the turn of the century, congress was once again whites-only. those jim crow laws made it so. >> american history bent away from justice, decisively aw
. >> the '64 civil rights act was a huge u.s. government intervention into the hard-core racial segregation. of 65, was the real game changer. >> the act banned literacy tests and other jim crow laws to keep blacks from the voting booth. these had been the airtight ways to keep the descendants of slaves from having clout at the voting box and with it, any place in politics. >> 70% to 80% of african-americans down to world war ii lived in the 11 states of the former...